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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[Casualties receiving the Purple Heart at the 54th General Hospital, Base "G", Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea] photographed by Kingsly Fall.
Contributor (Organization):
United States. Army.
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Awards and Prizes
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Personnel
Subject (MeSH Term):
World War II
Subject (Geographic Name):
New Guinea
Publication Information:
1944.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A015488
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Several wounded servicemen lie in beds and watch as Gen. Denit presents a medal to one of the servicemen. Other military personnel stand at the foot of the bed and watch.
Subject (Organization):
United States.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Pfc. Clarence Cole of Ruleton, Kan. was one of the first casualties in the Philippine campaign to receive the Purple Heart award. Here Gen. Guy B. Denit, Chief Surgeon, U.S. Army Service of Supply in the S.W. Pacific, makes the award.
Note (General):
"SWPA-SIGC-44-18848" --Printed on the top of the photograph.
Note (General):
Picture caption transcribed from photograph requisition form tipped to the foot of the photograph.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
54th General Hospital no. 1 box 2 mil
Record UI:
101443064

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